License-plate holder



May 6, 1930.

P. w; QUINN 1 LICENSE PLATE HOLDER Filed Aug. 28, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 6, 1930, P. w. QUINN 1,757,587

. LICENSE PLATE HOLDER Filed Aug. 28, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR g} fizz! WT Quinn I BY ATTOQIEYS Patented May 6, 1930 PAUL w. QUINN, or BROOKLYN, nnwyonx LICENSE-Prater. HoLnnR- Application filed August 28, 1928. Serial No. 302,454.

This invention relates to a license plate holder.

I am aware that heretofore license plate holders of various types have been made and used. So far, however, as thesehave come to my knowledge it has been necessary to. construct difle'rent size license plate holders for license plates of different dimensions. As is more or less generally known license plates for motor vehicles as issued l by the several States are not uniform in size.

In fact I believe that in some instances the license plates as issued by the same State vary in size. Consequently in dealing inand supplying license plateholders it is necessary to make the holders of such dimensions that they will receive and contain license plates of predetermined proportions. l The object of my invention is to overcome the necessity of providing license plate holders of various sizes to accommodate different size license plates by constructing a license plate holderso as to make'it adjustable in such a manner that the parts thereof may be fitted to a license plate of any standard size so as to contain'and support the same in position on a motor or other vehicle. 'In-carrying out the invention the license plate holder g V t v section is adapted to enteror telescope with made in accordance therewith is preferably constructed to comprise a-pluralityof sec tions each having a peripheral rib which is rolled or otherwise wit-h the :end portions of" .18 1s adapted to receive the end rolled porthe ribs adaptedito telescope in order that these sections may be adjustable relatively to one another to fit any standard size license plate. 7

Further, the invention includes-the use of suitable tie rods or j'straps for connecting the sections of the license plate holder in their adjusted posit-ions, together with means for connecting the holder to a support pro-- vided therefor on the vehicle. Moreover, the

rolled rim of the sections or parts of the license plate holder is preferablyso made that the peripheral portion of the license plate 1 is receivable therein and thus'retained in pa:

sition when the parts are adjusted andfconnected toeach other, as will'be hereinafter more particularly described,

1 In the drawing Fig.1 is an elevationshowztion is not so limited. In any event, the adj acent edges .of each of the sections are rolled edge of the 'section13, and similarly the end parts of the licenseplateholder may be ad-:

ing a license plate holdermade i'n accordance the parts of the holder in extended .posi

tions and without the license plate contained 1 therein, v

Fig. 5 is a plan of one of the tie straps, and Fig. 6 is a plan of a modified form of tie strap. 7

By reference to the drawing itwill be seen that in carrying out this invention the license plate holder made in accordance therewith is constructed in sections, preferably four in number as illustrated at 10, 11, 12 and'13 respectively. As illustrated these sections are'triangular although, of course, the inven or rounded,'forexample, therolled edges of the section 10 are indicated at 14, those of the section 11 are indicated at 15, those of the. section 12 are indicated at 16 and those I of the section 13 are indicated at 17. The end portion of the rolled edge of one thead'jacent end portion of another section. i As illustrated, the end portion ofthe-long ..8 0 rolled edge of the section 10 asindicated at tion 19 of the long rolled edge of thesection 11, these parts being shiftable to position, the

. justableto'positionsrelatively to each other. i In like manner theend portion 22 0f thelong rolled edgeofthe section'12is adapted to receive the end' portion 23 .of the long rolled portion 2403f the other rolled edge ofthe 1 section'13 is adapted to receive the end porv tion 2520f the short rolled edge" of the section 10; Itwill now "be understood that the scoping oints at the ,endsot the short edges of the sections of the holder. -.Conseholder, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

quently the sections of the holder, tor.eXam-. P

adjusted so as to cause the edge portions of the license plate to lie within the grooves by the rolled edges of the sections In order to secure the sections of the license plate holder in their relative positions with V the license plate contained therein I may employ a plurality of tie bars; or straps. As illustrated two of these tie bars or straps are employed, one being indicated at'27 and the other at-28 The tie strap 27 is made with a series of longitudinal slots 29 and similarly the tie strap 28 is made with aseries or slots 30; One end of the tie strap 28 is shown as connected to the section 12 of theholder by a screw 31 and the opposite end of the tie strap E28 to'the section 10-by a screw 32.

Similarly one end of the tiestrapf27 is connected atone end to the section 13 of the holder by a screw 33 and itsopposite end to the section l'l by a screw 34. The screws 31, 32, 33 and34 as will befunderstood pass through slots in the tie straps and after the parts otthe holder are adjusted-to position may be turned down in openings provided therefor in theirrespective sections to secure the straps in place and'thereby fasten the sections to one another with a license plate in position therein.

' As illustrated predetermined members or sections of the license plate holder maybe provided with means for securing the holder in place on a vehicle, for example, the sections 10 and 11 may be provided withribs 35 and a 36in which respectively there areslots' 3 7 and shanks or stems 40 ot-thebolts are adapted to 38 adapted to receive bolts 39. As illustrated in Fig. 3 the ribs provide gro ves s'ufiiciently deep to receive the heads of the bolts .andthe extend through apertures: provided therefor in supportbrackets and are fitted with wing nuts 41 oroth'er devices for securing the same in place and thus supporting the license plate holder and the license plate therein.

Instead of employing the forms of tie straps as illustrated in FigsQQ and 4 and as hereinbefore described, I may employ the form ot tie strap as illustrated in Fig. 6.

' This includes a strip of metal42 provided with spaced longitudinally disposed slots 43 between each otiwhich there is a. transverse score Tne 44 means of which the tie strap may be tiokata at the/necessary length'to may be separated-sufficiently .tar, as illustrated in Fig. 4, td admit a license plate '26 of given dimensions and the parts then formed of the Signedby me this30th day of be employed in connecting and securing to:

gether the sections of a license plate holder to adjust the parts to receive and fit a license plate of predetermined dimensions. It will be obvious, of course, that various equivalent changes may be made in the construction .and'use of the plate holder without departing from the nature and spirit of the inven-' tion.

v I claim as myinvention: V

j 1. A license plate holder comprising tour triangular sections each having two of its edges provided with a rolled rim, the end .portionotthe rolled rim edge of one section being adapted to telescope with the endportion of the rolled rimedge of another section whereby the sectionsareadjustable both 1ongitudinally and transversely to receive a license plate within the rolled. rim edges thereof, the license plate being held in position by the rolled rim edges of the sections of the holder. 7

A license plate holder comprising tour triangular sections each having two of its edges provided with a rolled rim, the end portion "of the rolled rim edge'of. one section bemg adapted to telescope with the end portion ofthe rolled rim edge of another section wherebythe sections'are adjustable both longitudinally and transversely to receive, fit and contain a license plate, and means for connecting the oppositely disposed sections of the license plate holder ,to maintain all the sections thereof in positionrelatively to each other. I

3-. A license plate holder comprising four triangular sections each having two of its edges provided with a rolled rim, the end portion of the rolled rim edge of one section being adapted to telescope with the end portion ot-the rolled rim edge of another section wherebythe sections are adjustable both longitudinally and transversely to receive, fit

and contain a license, plate, and sets of tie straps extending between and connected to transversely. disposed sections of the holder 7 for securing the same in position. p

4. A'license plate holdercomprising four triangular sections each having two of its edges provided with a rolled rim, the end portion of the rolled rim edge of one section being adapted to telescope with the end portion of the rolled rim edge of another section whereby the sections are adjustable both longitudinally and'transversely to receive, fit and'contain alicense plate, sets of tie straps extending betweenand connected to transversely disposed sections of the holder 4 for securing the same in position, and means for connecting predetermined sections of the license plate holder to a support.

PAUL W. QUINN.

July, 1928 V 

